Posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 9:55pm

Why the Subaru WRX still matters in an overwhelmingly automatic world

In the US, the overwhelming majority of new cars sold have automatic transmissions. In fact, it is reported that only 1.7% of new cars sold in the US are manuals, with an estimated 82% of American drivers being unable to drive stick-shift at all.

While in other parts of the world, manual transmissions are still common and even the norm, here in the US they’re all but gone.